THE AGASSI/. ASSOCIATION 



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AQASSIZ ASSOCIATION 



Established 1875 Incorporated, Massachusetts, 1892 Incorporated, Connecticut, 1910 



Geological Work by the Chapter at the 

 Y. M. C. A. Training School. 

 Springfield, Massachusetts. 

 Report to The AA : 



( )n October third our Chapter be- 

 gan its fall meetings with a goodly 

 number present. Several suggestions 

 were made for this year's work and it 

 was decided to take up the study of 

 geology, and to apply it especially to 

 Springfield and its vicinity. 



We are especially fortunate in hav- 

 ing in our faculty two professors, Mr. 

 G. B. Affleck and Air. Ralph L. Cheney, 

 who are personally interested in this 

 study. 



On our annual Mountain Day the 

 Chapter, under the leadership of these 

 two teachers, made the trip to the mica 

 quarry in the vicinity of Woronoco. 

 Many specimens of garnets, mica and 

 different kinds of quartz were obtained 

 Much interest and enthusiasm were 

 manifested in the obtaining of these 

 specimens. 



A trip is planned for the latter part 

 of this week to some of the old Indian 

 mounds to be found in this vicinity. 



Hoping for your success in your 

 work for the Association, I am, 

 Your truly, 

 Chas. B. Russell, 

 Secretary-Treasurer. 



whether we were worthy the name and 

 association of such a worthy work as 

 we recognize The Agassiz Association 

 to be. 



We want to tell you that we are still 

 here, and like the granite foundation 

 stone of which we studied in our first 

 meetings, we mean to stand and hold 

 good while things and conditions come 

 and go, and be in position soon where 

 we can be of help to the Association 

 generally, for we thoroughly admire its 

 tine character. 



We are planning public talks on 

 physiological and hygienic subjects this 

 winter with microscopic slides and 

 charts sent out by Berkeley. Our resi- 

 dent physician. Dr. W. H. Dover, will 

 give the lectures. 



In a little time we hope to call one 

 of the Stanford professors here for a 

 projection lantern talk — he having ex- 

 pressed himself as willing to come. 



With best wishes to the noble work 

 and hoping to send more than wishes 

 a little later, I am, 



Very sincerely, 



Mrs. Jane W. Kent, 



President. 



Appreciation from Halcyon, California. 



Your several notices of conditions 

 and trials and courage, and the ever 

 regular The Guide to Nature have all 

 been received, and this goes forth to you 

 from the Halcyon Chapter of The 

 Agassiz Association to let you know 

 that none of the above have been over- 

 looked by us. 



We have passed through some tests 

 as a branch, and have had to find 



An Active Chapter. 



At the last meeting of the Wendell 

 Phillips Chapter of The Agassiz As- 

 sociation we elected our officers for 

 the coming semester. The new officers 

 are : President, Earl Smith ; Vice- 

 President, Marion Porter; Treasurer, 

 Allen Dryden ; and Secretary, Rani 

 Boomer. As this is the end of a school 

 semester it may be well to give a re- 

 port of wdiat we have done since the 

 beginning of school in September. 



This fall we made several field trips, 

 under the supervision of our facultv 



